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HCM City authorities have asked the National Assembly and the government to help resolve capital difficulties for the city’s metro projects which have been at sluggish pace.

Tax reform passed by the US Congress at the end of last year may affect Vietnam’s economy as US investors are likely to send their investment back home, where the corporate income tax (CIT) rate has been slashed, Vietnamese

The State Securities Commission (SSC) has warned about the risks arising from investing in financial technology (fintech).

The Singapore Investment Fund has decided to invest $500,000 in as-yet-unknown startups in Vietnam, according to information released from the Topica Founder Institute (TFI) at the Topica Founder Showcase 6 held in late January.

All electronics firms in Vietnam are organising extra shifts and 60 percent are violating overtime work laws, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

As many as 200 outstanding enterprises were honoured for their great contributions to the customs sector’s budget in 2017 at a conference hosted by the Customs Department of Ho Chi Minh City on January 31.

Belgium’s Federal Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Denis Ducarme, will pay an official visit to Hanoi from January 31 to February 2.

The Ho Chi Minh City People's Court will open the trial of Vinasun against Grab for unfair competition on February 6.

The number of newly-established enterprises in Vietnam in the first month of this year increased by 20.6% year-on-year to 10,839, as shown by reports from the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Vietnam’s state-owned shipping giant Vinalines announced conducting its equitisation by staging its initial public offering in mid-2018.

Disbursed foreign direct investment totaled $1.05 billion for the year as at January 20, an increase of 10.5 per cent compared to January 20, 2017, government data reveals.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism have proposed tighter business conditions for restaurants to serve tourists, which has faced the public opposition.

Ho Chi Minh City’s consumer price index in January rose by 0.19 percent against that of December 2017 and 2.57 percent year-on-year, announced the municipal Statistics Office on November 29.

The first container train from Russia to Vietnam has recently arrived at Yen Vien station in Hanoi.

Many Vietnamese people are seeking to buy sets of multi-national bank notes as the Lunar New Year lucky money for their friends and relatives.

Some weak banks that are undergoing restructuring might get out of the worse thanks to unprecedented support measures under a new law, experts have said.

The State Bank of Vietnam has set its sights on 17 percent credit growth this year, slightly down from 18.17 percent last year.

The Government Inspectorate has just published violations in the management of mineral extraction and processing in the northern province of Lao Cai.

The State Bank of Vietnam has ordered lenders to tighten control of investment loans intended for the stock and real estate markets.